Tyler McVey

Tyler McVey was an American actor who built a long career in character parts on film, television, and radio. Raised in Bay City, Michigan, he started acting at Bay City Central High School and gained early experience in hometown amateur productions. His first film work was an uncredited turn in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) as Brady, followed by small parts in a pair of 1953 service dramas, From Here to Eternity and Mission over Korea. Through the 1950s he was a frequent television guest star, with appearances on Gunsmoke, Dragnet, I Love Lucy, and many other series, and from 1953 to 1956 he was seen on the CBS educational program You Are There. He played Major General Norgath in Men into Space from 1959 to 1960 and General Hardesty in the 1964 thriller Seven Days in May. He also acted on radio programs such as One Man's Family and Glamour Manor.